Phonics

Year 1

This week we have been focussing on the ending sounds in words. We have been learning about the “ff” sound. We have learned that we write an “ff” sound if it is after a short vowel. For example: cliff, off, huff.

Our spellings this week are:

up

man

crab

off

cliff

stiff

cuff

some

some

stuffing

 

Year 2

This week we have been learning about the letter g making a soft /j/ sound before the letters e, i and y. Here are this week’s spellings…

miss

cross

giant

magic

large

danger

orange

vegetable

March

April

 

English

This week the children found a backpack belonging to someone named Astrid. We didn’t know who it belonged to so we had a look inside and found lots of unusual items such as dried noodles, moon rocks and stars. We thought about who it might belong to and then discovered the book Astro Girl by Ken Wilson-Max. We made predictions about what the book might be about.

Next we generated lots of space words and thought of amazing adjectives to describe what we might find in space.

We learnt about imperative (bossy) verbs which help us to give instructions and created simple instructions to help Astrid get ready to go into space. Later in the week we will also be asking questions, remembering to use a question mark at the end.

 

Maths

Year 1

This week we have been learning about odd and even numbers. We have sorted Numicon and counted even numbers in 2s- forwards and backwards. We have also been partitioning numbers 6-10 using part whole models. As part of your home learning you can have a go at this interactive game… https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/coconut-odd-or-even 

 

Year 2

This week in maths we have been adding 3 addends together- e.g. 5 + 3 + 2. We have used cherry part whole models to add three parts (addends) together and have also learned that you can add three parts together in any order. The children have started to think about and reason the easiest way to add three parts together. Sometimes we start with the greatest number and count on, other times we find number bonds to 10. Have a go at these at home and talk about the most efficient way to add them together…

 

4 + 6 + 1 =

2 + 7 + 2 =

4 + 3 + 1 =

5 + 2 + 3 =

 

Geography Project - Our Wonderful World

This week we have continued with our geography project. We looked at aerial photographs and maps and talked about what physical and human features we could see. We explored the woodland, meadow and hedgerows around our school and created posters to talk about how we can best protect these.

 

RSHE

The half term our theme for RSHE is Celebrating Difference. In RSHE lessons we follow the Jigsaw Charter and use our Jigsaw pieces and Jerri cat to help with discussions. We will be thinking about things we share in common and things which make us different from each other, bullying and most importantly celebrating our differences.

RE

This half term we are looking at Christianity and the theme is Jesus as a Gift from God where we wil

l explore the question ‘What gifts might Christians in my town have given Jesus if he had been born here rather than in Bethlehem?’ We will talk about presents and gifts we have received and those which are special to us.